From Apples to Oranges: A Quick Guide to Financial Aid Series, Part 3

By Jose Gomez

Where can I find private scholarships?

Now this is where the real fun comes in.

There are plenty of websites where you’ll be able to find private scholarships. A list of them are listed here:

Pro-tip: Ctrl-F for names and keywords in these scholarship directories!

Also, another thing to note: go apply for the smaller scholarships! Your chances of getting smaller scholarships are significantly higher than your chances of getting bigger scholarships, since not that many people apply to them.

However, for those of you interested in the bigger scholarships, here’s another list of some of the scholarships that are extremely generous with their scholars:

Scholarship Name Amount Application Opens Application’s Due
The Gates Scholarship Full coverage for up to 5 yrs July 15, 2020 September 15, 2020
Coca Cola Scholarship $20000 August 2020 October 31, 2020
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Up to $40000 per year August 1, 2020 October 30, 2020
Dell Scholars Program $20000 October 1, 2020 December 1, 2020
Foot Locker Scholars Up to $5000 per year Unknown January 8, 2021
Ronald McDonald HACER Varies: From $1000 to $20000 October 2020 Late January 2020
Generation Google Scholars $10000 Unknown December 4, 2020
Doodle4Google $30000 Unknown March 20, 2020
Ayn Rand Institute Varies Unknown April 29, 2020
GE Reagan Foundation Up to $10000 per year Varies January 5, 2021

I have personally received two of the scholarships above, and if any of you have any questions with regards to your essays or things like that, don’t hesitate to contact us

 

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